Egg-marking device



Sept. 6, 1927.

WITNESSES 1,641,238 J. SCHIERENBECK EGG MARKING DEVICE Filed A112. 19. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet l .INVENTOR ATTORNEYS EGG MARKING DEVI CE Filed Auz. 1.9, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 M a S R Y mr 0 Wm n C 3 m 1 9w 6 W W 6 9d fl 1, J i w 0 \4 6M E w 5 4 EM m l u XWHHA 2v 6 7 Z Z n W N a I 9 5 J M 4/ 4 1 6 7 a M, 4 17m 4 r9 M I f UNITED STATES:

Patented Sept. 6, 1927.

JOHN SGHIEBENBECK, 0F ALBANY, NEW YORK.

6 E G-MARKING pEivmE.

Appli ation fi d 9, 1. 26- 5 N9- 3 7 articles diflicult to handle and which break easily when subjected to more than slight pressure, such as eggs for instance. Some of the objects of the present invention' are to produce a machine or. device of the indicated character having novel features of construction and operation whereby delicate articles of merchandise such. as eggs may be marked, printed or impressed with suitable indicia such as the year, month and day to constitute a date or matter of record, or any other indicia; to accomplish these ends expeditiously and. without loss as the result of breakage; and to provide means in a machine or device of the indicated charac- V "provided with a series of sections 17, also of rubber. The sections 17 are spaced equidistantly and each is'provided on the front ter combined, with the marking or impressing means which will conform to curved surfaces of objects or merchandise to be marked or to be impressed with suitable matter,

7 which conforming means also provides the necessary cushion inthe obtainment of the desired coactive pressure in the marking or impressingo eration. 'With the'fbregoing and still other objects in view, the invention resides in the particular provision, construction, relative disposition and operation of the parts hereinafter fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which 7 a Figure lis a perspective view of the device embodying the resent invention. Fig. 2 is a centra vertical sectional view through the device A Fig. 3 is a sectional view illustratin means by virtue of which the type ban s are permitted to be adjusted with respect to each other. x

Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation, the section "being taken on the line i-f of Fig. 2.

type of mark impressed by the device on one an f an v A 5 Generally stated, the device or machine of the. present invention comprises a casing in which is arranged a pair of flexible type bands of any suitable material which embody suitab e indicia, conformable elastic site "end of the band 15 is secured to an adapted'to be wound and unwound from a spool 22 secured to an arbor 23 mounted for the "rotation in suitable bearings carried by the means which coacts'with portions of the bands for making the particular marks or impressions when" subjected to pressure by virtue ,of the indicia, and inking mechanism for applying ink to the indicia.

Referring now more particularlyto the several'views of the drawing, it will be apparent that the casing 10 is of rectangular construction and is provided with a substantially circular opening-11 in the front wall thereof. Arranged within the casing 10 is a suitable frame structure 12 which rests on the bottom Wall of thecasing. The frame structure 12 includes'sides having portions 13and14.'

The bands hereinbefore referred to are designated 15 and 16. The band 15 will be made preferably of flexible material such as 2 rubber. The band 15 on one sidethereof is face thereof with suitablentype 18. In the presentinstance' there are 12. sections 1'] and each has numerals denoting a calendaryear,

and lettersdenoting a particular month of the year denoted. one end of the band 15 is secured to and adapted to be wound on tions 13 and 14 of each of the sides of the frame 12. Oneend of the arbor '20 extends through one side of the casing' 10 and has a knurled knob 21 secured thereto. The op oportion 14, One end of the arbor 22 extends "through the side of the casing hereinbefore mentioned and has securedthereto a knurled knob 24'. By manipulating the Knobs 21 and 2 1, the band 1 5 may be moved or adjusted to any desiredextent so as to bring any de- Sired'sectiQn 17 adjacent the openingll in a printing position. Portions of the band 15 having the sections 17 secured thereto respectively are provided with-openings which register 'withfsimilarly' shaped openings in thesection ,17 the openings being designated 25. The band 16Will be made 'frommate rial similar to that from which the band 15 is made and is provided with a series of sections 26,on one face thereof. The sections ,26are made from'material similar to that from which the sections 17 are made and one face of each section is provided with type 27. The type 27 is in the form of numerals which denote particular days of the month. Each section 26 is adapted to be received in either of the openings 25 and is of a thickness to bring about a printing relationship of the type 27 with the type 18. The type 18 and 27 will combine to denote a particular year, month and day as shown for instance in Fig. 7, in which is represented an egg with the date May 7, 1926. One

end of the band 16 is secured to and is adapted to be wound on and unwound i'roin a spool 28 secured to an arbor 29 mounted for rotation in suitable bearings carried by the portions ll of the sides of the fame 12. One end of the ELI'lOOlQ-Q extends through one side of the casing 10 and has secured thereto a knurled knob 80. The opposite end of the band 16 is secured to and is adapted to be wound on and unwound lTOlll a spool 31 secured to an arbor 32 mounted for rotation in suitable bearings carried respectively by the portions 1-l of the sides of the 'lrame 12.

' One end of the arbor 39 extends through ill one side of the casing; 10 and has secured thereto a knurled knob By manipulating the knobs and 33 the band 16 may be moved or adjusted to any desired extent to bring any particular one of the sections 26 adjacent the opening 11. A lead I'll oi the band 15 maintained substantially vertically disposed by a guide roller 35 arranged on a spindle 36 secured between the portions 13 of the frame 12 and a trapezoidal mem ber 37 secured to an arbor 38 mounted for turning movement in suitablebearings carried by portions 13 of the frame 12. One end oilthe arbor extends through one side of the casing 10 and has secured thereto a knurled knob 39. \Vhen the member 37 is moved to the position shown in Fig. 3, the lead 34 of the band 15 will be moved from its vertically disposed position at anangle for a purpose to appear. The band 16 passes around suitable guide rollers 40 arranged between the portions 13 of the frame 12. The rollers 10 maintain a lead 41 of the band ltiadjacent the lead 34.

In order to provide means for setting up a cushion action in conjunction with two of the type sections 17 and :26 at the 013911: ing: 11 in the casing, and so as to contorni with a particular formation of an object or thing to be marked or have applied there to an impression from the type characters or indicia embodied by the particular sections 17 and 26, there is provided in the present instance a conformable elastic element in the form of an inflated rubber ball or sphere 412. The ball 42 is supported by a dished member a3 secured as at n to a bracket 45 carried by the portions ll of the f ame 12. It is to be noted that the point of attachment of the ball 42 is diaparticular type sections l? and 26 are dis posed. which serve in the marking or printing' operation. A portion of the ball 4:2 constantly acts on the lead ll 01 the band 16 and has a normal tendency to hold the lead flexed toward the lead 3 1-. By virtue of this condition any particular type sec tion in; will be releasably maintained in one oi the openings 25, as shown most clearly in Figs. 2 and 6.

lac inking mechanism heiembefoie ret'erred to for applying ink to correlated type sections 17 am E2" in the present instance includes an ink pad lti which will be satu rated with some suitable ink. The ink pad sit; carried by an arm at? supported for rocking movement on a shaft 48, whose opposite ends are mounted respectively in suit able lined bearings 49. The shaft 18 has coni'iected thereto an arm 50, which is pivotally connected to a member 51,, and the latter is also pivotally connected to an arm ing the ink pad to in an inking position as shown in full lines in Fig. 2. A push rod provided and has pivotal connection as at 56 to the arm 52 and extends through the :front wall of the casingylO, and the free end thereof is provided with a knob 57. By pushing inwardly on the knob 57 and through the intervention 01 the parts connected to the rod 55, the ink pad 46 will be moved to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 related type sections 17 and 26 previously inked, so that the article to be marked or to be printed on, such asthe egg E may be pressed in contact with the correlated type sections 1? and great many eggs may be marked with a particular date rapidly in succession withoutany loss due to breakage, due to the particular provision of parts hereinbeiore describeil. The operation is thought to be fully understood and not to require a more extended explanation. 1

It to be understood that the invention not restricted to the precise arrangement of parts shown and described, as details of construction maybe modified and rearranged without departing from the spirit of the in yenl'ion the scope of which is limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a marking device, correlated type hands, a yieldable and conformable element associated with portions of said bands, said element counting with the type sections of the bands to make an impression, and means for inking said type sections comprising an uncovering" the con;

In this way u bands to make an lmpression, and means for tact with said type sections' inking said type sections comprising an ink pad, and a weighted lever arrangement operable to move said pad into and out of con- 3. In a mar ing device, flexible bands, means supporting the' bands for adjustment with respect to each other, one of said bands having type sections at intervals, the band and said type sections having registering openings therein, the other bandhaving type sections adapted to entersaid openings so as to combine with the first mentioned type sections to produce a suitable mark or impres slon. c r

4. In a marking device, flexible bands, means supporting the bands for adjustment with respect to each other, one of said bands having type sections at intervals, the band and said type sections having registering openings therein, the other band having type sections adapted to enter said openings so as to combine with the first mentioned type sections to produce a suitable mark or impression, and inking mechanism for inking said type sections.

5. In a marking device, flexible bands,

means supporting the bands for adjustment with respect to each other, one of said bands having type sections at intervals, the band and said type sections having registering openings therein, the other band having type sections adapted to enter said openings so as to combine with the first mentioned type sections to produce a suitable mark or impression, inking mechanism for inking said type sections, said inking mechanism including an ink pad, and means for effecting the movement of the ink pad into and out of contact with said type sections.

6. In a marking device, flexible bands, means supporting the bands for adjustment with respect to each other, one of said bands having type sections at intervals, the band and said type sections having registering openings therein, the other bandhaving type sections adapted to enter saidopenings so as to combine with the first mentioned type sections to produce a suitable mark or impression, inking mechanism for inking said type sections, said inking mechanism including an ink pad, and means for eflecting the movement of the ink pad into and out of contact with said type sections and for normally holding the ink pad in contact with particular type sections of the bands.

7. In a marking device, flexible bands, means supporting the bands for adjustment with respect to each other, one of said bands having type sections at intervals, the band and said type sections having registering openings therein, the other band having type sections adapted to enter said openings so as to combine with the first mentioned type sections to produce a suitable mark or impression, inking mechanism for inking said type sections, and a conformable elastic element juxtaposed with respect to portions of said bands so as to coact with particular type sections thereof respectively to make a mark or impression. 7

8. In a marking device, flexible bands, means supporting each of the bands for movement, means for efl'ecting the operation of thesupporting means to cause the movement of each of the bands, said supporting means maintaining portions of the bands disposed side by side, each band having type sections, the type sections of one band adapted to combine with the type sections respectively of the other band to constitute a series of different marks, a conformable elastic element positioned to coact with particular type sections, and means for inking said type sections comprising an ink pad, and a weighted lever arrangement operable to move said pad into and out of contact with said type sections.

' 9. In a marking device, flexible bands, means supporting each of the bands for adjustment, one of said bands having openings therein, each of said openings surrounded by a type section, the other band having type sections each adapted to fit in either of said openings, means for holding particular type sections of said bands associated, means for holding a portion of one band away from the adjacent portion of the other band to permit of the relative adjustment of the bands, and means for effecting the relative adjustment of the bands. 

